This guidebook provides a systematic approach to evaluating student newspapers in five major areas: coverage and content, writing and editing, editorial leadership and opinion features, physical appearance and visual communication, and photography, art, and use of graphics. Each of the major areas is divided into numerous sub-categories; for each…

Quality of instruction and adequacy of program were examined in a survey of students selected by major areas of concentration. A stratified random sample of 330 students was selected from the student directory, with 55 people chosen in each of the broad major areas: science, social science, humanities, education, music, and business. Telephone…

This report described the Tri-School Plan initiated by the Board of Education in Washington, D.C. to equalize educational opportunities in an urban renewal area. Under the plan, children attended the Syphax School for grades 1 and 2; the Amidon School for grades 3 and 4; the Bowen School for grades 5 and 6. Children from various socioeconomic…

This technical manual is intended for the use of those familiar with data processing who wish to understand the internal operations of the PEAPOL system (Program Evaluation at the Performance Objective Level). This automated system is described, including ten specific computer program descriptions with flow charts. Designed to allow vocational…

This book is intended as a practical guide for the preservice and in-service education of teachers. The first chapter describes current practices in marking and reporting student progress. This is followed by guidelines for improving marking and reporting systems (Chapter 2), methods of assigning norm-referenced letter grades (Chapter 3), the use…

Contrary to the impression which exists in some quarters, criterion-referenced measurements are not a recent development that modern technology has made possible and that effective education requires. The use of criterion-referenced measurements can not be expected to improve significantly our evaluations of educational achievement. The major…

The primary data collected and analyzed in conjunction with this study were measurements of self-concept taken on a select sample of 428 fourth- and sixth-grade migrant children in New Mexico, 90% of whom were Spanish-surname migrants. These self-concept scores were correlated with scores from measures of intelligence and achievement; these…

The results of a rigorously controlled sampling of mathematics computational skills, as possessed by grades 1 - 12 students attending private and public schools, in a rural semi-urban, contiguous area in Connecticut, are contained in this report. Status study data is presented in a graphic form. The data reported is derived from an item analysis…

The hypothesis that monolingual and bilingual German-Canadian speakers differ in their attitudes toward German language and culture and in their achievement in the study of German was tested. The results were compared to those obtained by Gardner and Lambert in their French-American studies, in which it was found that home language background is…

This appendix contains statistical data supporting the 1969-70 progress report, "Longitudinal Evaluation of Selected Features of the National Follow Through Program." It is organized as follows: Part 1: Tables A-1 through A-4 show distributions of Fall 1969-70 achievement scores (Expressed as percent correct) by grade for Follow Through…

In order to study the effects of community control in schools on expectancies in black fifth through eighth grade children, five major categories of expectancy were of interest: internal control, group pride, success expectancies, self-esteem, and school attitudes. Focus was on the relationship between inner versus outer locus of control and…

Two experiments were undertaken to study the effects of nonintellective behavior upon essay grades. In the first experiment teachers were exposed to information depicting a stimulus boy as either aggressive or non-aggressive. Following this information subject marked either a creative or noncreative essay. The subjects consisted of eight teachers…

This report shows how Beta weights for the J-Coefficient may be easily developed without a formal validity study, and indicates how indications of ability other than tests can be used to measure the same abilities that are measured by tests. See also TM 001 163-64,166 for further information on job elements (J-Scale) procedures. (Author/DLG)

Grades in a college freshman course in finite mathematics were predicted from IQ, high school math grades, college board scores, and high school class ranks. The squared multiple correlation for the full model was .611. (JKS)

Forty-seven Irish teachers rated their second-grade pupil's class positions in mathematics and reading in the Fall, just before administration of the Drumcondra Achievement Test Series, and re-rated all 1,566 pupils in May. In 10 percent of the cases, teachers raised their ratings after learning the test scores. (Author/CP)